University Description
Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA) is a junior college in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is part of the historically black Southern University System. SUSLA, pushed to fruition by the administration of Governor John J. McKeithen, opened for instruction on September 19, 1967. At the same time a second junior college, Louisiana State University at Shreveport, also opened. LSUS later became began offering bachelor's degrees but SUSLA remains a junior college. The university is a member-school of Thurgood Marshall College Fund.. Read MoreUniversity History
SCU was established in 1946 by the International Pentecostal Holiness Church as Southwestern Bible College. In the 1960's, the student population increased and as various junior college programs were developed, the institution received accreditation from the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. In 1973, the junior college received accreditation from the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (now The Higher Learning Commission) and was approved as a four-year baccalaureate-level, degree-granting college in the field of religion in 1979. In the Fall of 1981, SCU transitioned into Southwestern College of Christian Ministries, selling the old campus once located on 4700 NW 10th and opening its doors at its present location in Bethany. The name of the institution was changed to Southwestern Christian University in 2001 and continues to expand curriculum offerings each year.Academic Programs
- Dental Hygiene
- Emergency Medical Technology
- Health Information and Medical Records Technology
- Medical Laboratory Technician
- Radiologic Technology Science
- Registered Nursing
- Respiratory Care Therapy
- Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping
- General Biology
- General Business and Commerce
- Substance Addiction Counseling
- Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration
- General Computer Science
- General Education
- Surgical Technology
- Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration
- General Biology
- General Computer Science
- Information Science
- Registered Nursing
- Radiologic Technology Science
- General Business and Commerce
- General Education
- Respiratory Care Therapy
- Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
- Substance Addiction Counseling
- General Biology
- Registered Nursing
- General Business and Commerce
- General Computer Science
- Substance Addiction Counseling
- General Education
- Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration
- Information Science
- General Biology
- Registered Nursing
- General Computer Science
- General Education
- Registered Nursing
- Information Science
- Substance Addiction Counseling
- Accounting Technology and Bookkeeping
- Emergency Medical Technology
- Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration
- General Computer Science
- Dental Hygiene
- General Business and Commerce
- Health Information and Medical Records Technology
- Aircraft Powerplant Technology
- Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
- Medical Reception
- Multimedia and Information Resources Design
- Office Automation Technology and Data Entry
- Phlebotomy
- Renal and Dialysis Technology
Sports Offered
- Basketball (M)
- Basketball (W)
Admissions office
Year Founded
1967
University Mascot
Jaguar
Address
Southern University at Shreveport 3050 Martin Luther King Dr Shreveport, LA 71107
Phone number
(318)670-9210